Washbench.



F. GHAUSSBE.

WASHBBNGH.

APPLIOATION FILED FBBI'Z, 1911.

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FRED CHAUSSEE, OF VER rarsnr MILION, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Letters Patent.

Serial N6. 609,136,

WASHBENCH.

995,8 ld. Specification of Application filed February 17, 1911.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known. that I, Faun OHAUSSEE, a citi zen oi the United States, residing at Vermilion, in the county of Clay, State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Vi ashbcnches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersshilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to: an imprm'einent in wash-benches, and has for its principal objectto provide a bench having a rotatable platform adapted to support a plurality of tubs.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bench of the character described having means for supporting a wringer above the tubs, whereby the latter may be brought A still further object of the invention is to provide a bench of the class described which is composed of a minimum number of parts, is therefore simple in construction, and is cheap to manufacture.

l Vith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that variouschanges in the form,-proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri ficing any of the advantages of the inven- In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention, showing a plurality of tubs associated therewith, Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, Fig. dis a vertical sectional view throughthe bench, and Fig. at is a top plan view of the benclnlhe platform being removed therefrom.

Like reference numerals designate oorre spending parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the invention I consists of an annular casing 5, which is l preferably torm' d of sheet metal, and has a plurality of supporting legs 6 secured thereto by any suitable means. Crossbracos 7 and 8 a redis 'iose'd within the casing, and are conner ed to the same. A plurality of rollers 9 tl'l't j dispo'sed within the casing, and l are secured thereto by suitable axles 10 near the upper edge thereof, the rollers projecting slightly above the casing A plat-form 11 is supported upon the rollers and is adapted to be rotated thereupon. An open- Partented June 2t), 1911.

ing 12 1s concentrically formed in the plat form, and is adapted to receive a stationary post 13, the lower end thereof being provided with a tlange 14-, which is permanently secured to the cross-braces 4 and S by any suitable means.

The invention Further compriscs a sleeve 15 which surrounds the post 13, and has its lower end provided with a flange 16. which is fixedly secured to the rotatable platform 11 it any suitable means. This sleeve terminates at its upper end below the top of the post 13, and has its said upper end slitted to form fingers 17, which are respectively bent outwardly and downwardly to forur hooks 18 adapted to engage over the upper edges of tubs 1-), and thereby hold the tubs upon the platform.

The upper end of the post 13 is slotted to forgo spaced ears 2020, and between said cars is disposed one end of av supporting bar 911. A bolt 2)- passes through alincd openings (not shown) formed in the cars 20 and the arm 21, for securing the bar to said post. A wringer 23 oil gQl'lCIiil construction suitably secured to the supporting bars2l.

From the foregoing, it will be obsenved that a plurality of tubs 19 are positioned upon the rotatable platform 11a and are relained thereon by the hooks 18. The wrinper is supported by the post 13 above one of the tubs. After the clothes,- which are contained within the tubs, have been run through the wringer, the platform 11 can be rotated until the next tub is broughtdirectly under the wrir ,g'er. This movement can be repeated until all of the tubs have been brought under the Wringer.

What is claimed is t-- 1. In a wash-bench, a supporting frame, a platform rotatably mounted tl'iereupon for l upporting a plurality ottubs, means carried by the platform for securing said tubs thereupon, and means for supporting a wrinuer above the tubs.

2. In a washbench, a supporting frame, a platform rotatably supported thereupon,

a post secured to the frame and projecting a platform rotatably mounted thereupon for cured to the upper end of the post above 7 supporting a plurality of tubs, a post sethe tubs, a wringer supported upon said 5 cured to the frame and projecting, through arm, a sleeve disposed around the post and the platform, a wringer supportec; by the secured to the platform, and hooks formed 5 post, a sleeve disposed around thepost and by the upper end of the sleeve for engagesecur'ed to the platform, and hooks formed ment with the tubs.

by the,upper end of the sleeve for engage In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- 20 ment with the tubs. ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

4. In a wash-bench a supporting frame 10 a platform rotatably mounted thereupon for FRED EE' supporting a plurality of tubs, a post selVitnesses: cured to the frame and projecting through 0. J. GUNDERsoN,

the platform, a laterally extending arm se- A. B. GUNDERsoN. 

